Chapter 4: The Confrontation
Ichigo just sat there crying, not caring who saw him. Rukia pulled away from her kiss with Renji.
Flashback Starts
Everyone had just left Rukia and Renji had dropped by. Seeing everyone reminded her of Ichigo and she remembered the kiss they shared, remembered the amazing feeling she felt when he had giving her a kiss full of love.
"Rukia are you okay? You seem to be spacing out"
"Yeah I'm fine" Rukia said came back to her senses. After a short pause she spoke back up, "Renji I need to know what it feels like to kiss someone". Renji didn't answer, but gave her a kiss similer to Ichigo's, only...it felt wrong.
Flashback Ends
Rukia finally realized that Ichigo was the only man for her. No one could ever replace his kindness, his strength, or his undying love for her. She was about to go call off the royal guards and go back to Ichigo, but she heard someone crying. It wasn't a normal cry ether, it was a cry you think will never end on the inside. It sounded like it was created by a pain so deep, she wondered what could have caused someone to be hurt so much. She went around the corner to see someone in a black cloak crying like he'd just lost all of the happiness he was ever capable of feeling.
"Sir are you okay? Whats wrong?" she said kneeling to be at the same level as the figure was. The second he heard her voice he was happy and sad at the same time. Happy because she was here in front of him, and sad because he thought Rukia loved Renji now. He just sood up and ran away. Rukia could make out some orange sticking out as he ran away, "Ichigo" was all she said before going after him. Ichigo cried silent tears as ran away from Rukia. After Rukia was just a dot Ulquiorra started running next him as they entered a huge clearing far outside the rukongai.
"Ichigo stop running. Rukia needs to say something, that much is obvious"
"Ulquiorra...you don't understand how I feel right now...I-"
"Of course I understand. How do you think I felt, knowing Orihime loved you?" he said surpising Ichigo.
"Ichigo stop!" Renji yelled somewhat catching up. To his complete surprise Ichigo stopped dead in his tracks.
"Let me kill him King, you know you want him dead" Hichigo said. Every once in a while the hallow would talk to him, mostly about fighting.
"Don't let him out Ichigo! He'll kill us all!" Ulquiorra urged him. Remembering how Ichigo's reitsu changed when the hallow was about to be released.
"I don't care anymore! I want Renji dead!" he yelled so loud Rukia heard it far away at the edge of the rukongai, but couldn't make out the words. Renji looked into Ichigo's eyes to see the deadly look he knew too well from when watched him fight to save Rukia when they were sent to retrieve her for exicution, only now his eyes were slowly turning black.
"Ichigo if you let him out he'll kill Rukia too!" Renji yelled. The black in his eyes instantly retreated, revieling his white eyes giving him a fierce death stare.
"Fine then! It'll be more satifying to kill you myself anyway, you backstabbing bastard!" Ichigo said as he pulled Zangetsu out of its wrappings.
"Ichigo I don't want to fight you!"
"Don't bother with talk Renji! You Ruined my life by stealing Rukia from me!" he said raising his arm, "Getsuga Tensho!" he screamed sending an enormous wave of reitsu at Renji, big for even Ichigo. Renji quikley and jumped out of the way of the blast. It continued and created a huge crater in the center of the clearing.
"Ichigo have you lost your mind? I would never do anything like that!"
"I said shut up! I saw you two kissing!" he said lifting his arm for another try at killing Renji, "Getsuga Tensho!" he screamed sending an even bigger wave of reitsu this time. Renji just barely manged to dodge as the crater from the last try was outmatched by the crater produced by his last attack. Renji noticed how much reitsu he was releashing and knew what would happen if Ichigo kept firing off the same attack.
"Ichigo stop this! If you keep this up you wont have enough reitsu left to live!"
"I don't care Renji! I don't have a reason to live anymore!" he said raising his arm again, but before he could bring it down Ulquiorra, Yuroichi, and Urahara grabbed him, "Let me go! I want that bastard dead! Even if I have to die to do it!" he said releasing as much reitsu as he could to knock them all off. The wave of reitsu was so powerful that they were all immidiatly knocked off of him and landed a mile away. Ichigo was about to make up for the interuption, but Orihime trapped him in her Santen Kesshun, "Let me go Orihime!".
"No Ichigo! Your going to kill yourself and Renji if you don't stop!"
"And if you don't stay still I'll shoot" Uryu said appearing and loading a thousand arrows in his bow.
"Go ahead! Kill me now, I don't care!" he said raising Zangetsu against Orihime's Santen Kesshun and breaking it.
"I sais stay still Kurosaki!" Uryu said not moving from his spot in front of Ichigo.
"You won't hit me Uryu, now leave me alone" he said.
"I warned you Kurosaki!" Uryu said releasing his arrows. Before they hit Ichigo flash stepped and appeared in front of Renji.
"Say good-bye Renji!" he said raising his arm, knowing if he launched another getsuga tensho from this distance he and Renji would both die. Renji couldn't move, Ichigo was literally gathering all the reitsu he had into his sword for his final attack and it had him parilyzed by how strong it was.
"Ichigo you launch that attack and you'll destroy the whole soul society!"
"No Renji, just a good ten miles! Far away from the Rukongai where Rukia is. Ulquiorra get evryone away from the attack" he said scaring Renji beyond belief, he actually planned a final suicide attack to make sure he was dead.
"Everyone get away!" Ulquiorra screamed as they ran to get away, knowing Ichigo would kill them if they didn't leave. Once they were gone Ichigo decided to give Renji one final piece of his mind.
"Renji I have always thought of you like a brother, and now you do this to me. I have no regrets, now and after I do this. Say one final thing before you die"
"Ichigo you don't know the whole story! Rukia came here to keep anything from happening to you! Not because she loves me!"
"What do you mean?"
"Its taboo for to have a romantic relationship with a human. If she had returned your feelings and stayed the soul society would've tortured you until you died!"
"Then why was she kissing you!" he yelled.
"I don't know. She was spacing out thinking about something until she asked me to kiss her" he said. Suddenly it all clicked in Ichigo's head, he knew why she kissed Renji.
"Thank you for telling me Renji" he said backing off, though what reitsu he had gathered in Zangetsu was leaking out and causing Renji to struggle to stay consious.
"Just glad I'm not dying" he said before Ichigo headed to the Rukongai.
"Ichigo you idiot" she said crying. She had heard from Uryu that Ichigo had planned a suicide attack and that any minute now her best friend and the man she loved would be dead, all because of her. She ran away from him and he sneaked back here to see her and finds her and Renji kissing. "I'm such a horrible person! Because of me Ichigo and Renji are going to die!" she said crying harder. Ichigo heard this as he approached her. Rukia was startled when she felt arms wrap around her.
"Please don't cry Rukia. It makes me feel horrible to see you cry because of me" he said. She imidiatley recognized who it was and knew Renji must be dead.
"Get off of me!" she screamed throwing him off, "You killed Renji! Give me a reason why I shouldn't kill you!" she said drawing Sode no Shirayuki.
"Because I'm not dead" Renji said walking towards them.
"Renji your okay" she said overjoyed that they were both okay, namely Ichigo.
"Of course, you didn't think Ichigo could've taken me out easily did you" he said stopping next to Ichigo, "Well Ichigo here really was going to take us both out if I didn't mention the punishment" he said. Rukia looked away from Ichigo and struggled to hold in tears.
"Now you know why I left Ichigo, ...and whey we can't be" she said as a tear ran down her face. Ichigo moved closer to her and gently tilted her face up with his right hand. He looked into her eyes before giving her a kiss filled with nothing but undying love. This time she responded and kissed him back like they would never see each other again. When they seperated Ichigo pulled her into embrace.
"Idiot, I'll never leave you"
"What about your family, you friends, you life as a human? What about the punishment?"
"Rukia you don't get it. My life is here with you, no where else. I rather die then live without you, and for all I care soul society can kiss my ass"
"I hate to break up this happy moment, but unless we negotiate with Yamamoto you two love birds can say your good-byes"
"He's right, I need to see Yamamoto" Ichigo said pulling away from Rukia, but still held onto her.
"But you'll get killed! I can't stand to lose you Ichigo!" she said burying her head into his cheast and crying.
"Rukia I will do anything to be with you, I have to talk to Yamamoto so we can be"
"But-" she started looking at him, but Ichigo silenced her with a kiss.
"The rules were broken for me before, they have do it again" he said after they seperated. He took off his red chain and gave it to her, "But if they don't, heres something to remember me by" he said as tears filled her eyes.
"Lets go Ichigo" Renji said as he started walking. Ichigo joined him and left Rukia to herself.
"God help us"
